Saturday, December 1st, is World AIDS Day (hashtag #WAD2012), a time for re-upping your vigilance and awareness levels about HIV/AIDS. The global AIDS crisis is not over until an AIDS-free society is achieved, and unfortunately, we’re not there yet. That’s why the US theme for World AIDS Day 2012 is “Working Together for an AIDS-Free… Continue reading Working Together for an AIDS-Free Generation
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Write, Snap and Share for World AIDS Day
Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. 30 years after the first reports of AIDS in the United States, HIV – the virus that can lead to AIDS – is still a reality for 1.1 million Americans. Complicating matters is that fact that one in every five people living with HIV in the United States… Continue reading Write, Snap and Share for World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day 2010: Did you know…
Did you know today is World AIDS Day? Thanks to the many different organizations (including those like AIDS.gov) recognizing the day and raising awareness about HIV and AIDS. Now a few years old, the PatientsLikeMe HIV community currently has more than 2,800 people with HIV sharing their health information to help others learn from their… Continue reading World AIDS Day 2010: Did you know…
PatientsLikeMe Facing World AIDS Day 2009
Every December 1st, we join hands with the HIV community at large in recognition of World AIDS Day. The theme of World AIDS Day this year is leadership — a fitting theme for the 2500+ patients who are leading the way through openness in the PatientsLikeMe HIV community. These leaders have chosen to share their… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Facing World AIDS Day 2009
World AIDS Day (12/1/08) – Embracing the Positive
World AIDS Day is a milestone in so many different ways. It has marked the persistence of HIV and its impact on our world, but we hope that we are approaching a turning point where World AIDS Day will come to mark progress. What this day marks, however, is that being HIV positive doesn’t mean… Continue reading World AIDS Day (12/1/08) – Embracing the Positive